#A96242#A96242

#A96242 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.103 H 44.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96242
RGB	rgb(169, 98, 66)
HSL	hsl(19, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(19, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 60.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 25.64, 30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 39.76, 49.85°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.0735 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.103 44.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7148, 17.5659, 7.4002)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96242 #4289A9

analogous

#A94255 #A96242 #A99542

triadic

#A96242 #42A962 #6242A9

tetradic

#A96242 #55A942 #4289A9 #9542A9

square

#A96242 #55A942 #4289A9 #9542A9

split-complementary

#A96242 #42A995 #4255A9

monochromatic

#512F20 #7D4831 #A96242 #C38265 #D4A691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#A96242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#A96242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A96242

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A96242	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8555A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 98, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.103 44.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78f77',
    500: '#a96242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96242;
$custom-light: #c78f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.641,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56964,
    "c": 0.10299,
    "h": 44.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96242

secondary

#87AEC0

accent

#ACD454

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96242

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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